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AND SUN-TELEGRAM
VOL. XCII., No. 304
Palladium, Est. 1831. Consolidated
With Sun-Telegram, 1907.
RICHMOND, IND.,. THURSDAY EVENING, DEC. 21, 1922.
SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS
UNDER-WORLD
FIGURE IS HELD
FOR ROBBERY
Arrest May Pave Way
to Solution
.Gruesome Details of Mine Riot Are Retold by Witnesses on Stand
TURKS EXPECT
Advice is Sought
UNION OFFICER
PRIVATE PACT
MENTIONED IN
rvllNE HEARING
WITH AMERICA
To Bolt Other Plans
if Refused
Witnesses Not Sure of
Identification
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(By United Press)
KANSAS CITY, Kas., Dec. 2L Joe
Wagner, underworld character, -was
held in jail at St. Joseph Mo., today
In connection with the robbery of $200,
000 at the United States mint in Den
ver.
'I believe the arrest of Wagner will
pave the way to the solution of the
robbery at the Denver mint and the
robbery of the Drovers National bank
here last week," Henry Zimmer, chief
of police announced today.
Wagner was arrested in St Joseph,
Mo., when he drove up in front of a
hotel in a high-powered motor car
showing signs of hard driving.
Wagner refused to return here with
out extradition papers.
DENVER, Colo., Dec. 21. Photo
graphs of the finger-prints found on
the. bloody shotgun dropped by the
bandit in Monday's mint robbery were
forwarded today to Chief of Police AI
deraon, of Vancouver, S. C. He re
quested them, believing the Denver
bandits to be the ones who perpetrated
a $75,000 robbery there recently,
Report Serial Numbers
Copies of the fingerprints, found on
the gun and on an abandoned automo
bile, believed to have been left at a
vantage point by the bandits were
sent to every large city in the coun
try. Police today were busy answer
ing calls from stores throughout the
cities that had received federal re
serve bank notes,' carrying the serial
numbers of the stolen currency, but
investigation showed it , had been is
sued by other federal reserve banks
and was not the currency stolen in
the robbery Monday morning.
The wounds inflicted on the leader
of the bandit gang by the United
States guards were superficial now is
the belief of the police in view of the
fact that no report has been received
from any physician-or drug store of
the treatment of any person who
might have been implicated in
robbery.
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CABINET OF POLAND
REMAINS IN POWER
(By Associated Press)
WARSAW, Dec. 21. General Sikor
ski, who took over the premiership
after the assassination of President
Gabriel Marutowice, presented his
resignation -today to President Stan
islas Wojoiechowski, new chief execu
tive in conformity with my constitu
tional practice. - The new president re
fused to accept the resolution and Gen
eral Sikorski's' cabinet remains in
power.
President Wojoiechowski in his first
message to the Polish nation asked
for Hnion. harmony and peace between
the various parties. He stigmatized
the assassination of his predecessor as
an act of political hatred and call3 on
the nation to follow the dignity and
strength of its traditions. He prom
ised liberty and justice to all who are
faithful to the constitution.
GUARDSMEN ASSIST
SEARCH FOR BODIES
(Bv Associated Press)
MER ROUGE, La., Dec. 21. A de
tachment of naval guardsmen was at
Lake Lafourch, a deep body of water
15 miles southeast of here, today to
protect and assist a diver in the search
for the bodies of Watt Daniels and
Thomas Ricards, missing members of
a party of five Mer Rouge citizens,
kidnapped by masked men on the
night of Aug. 24 while returning from
a eood roads meeting at Bastrop.
State authorities and detectives sent
here several months to investigate the
disappearance were reported to have
intimated they believed that tne nooa
ed band "killed Daniels and Richards
and threw their bodies into the lake.
Two iron wheels of an old farm wagon
near the lake were said to have disap
peared the night of the kidnapping and
it, n the belief that the authorities
that they have been used as weights.
That Governor Parker received in
formation that threats had been
against state ofticials who were in
vestigating the kidnappings was one
v.'. the main unconfirmed reports re
ceived here as the reason for sending
troops to this place.
ECONOMIC PARLEY
PROPOSED BY BORAH
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. A confer
ence of the world powers to consider
economic questions to be called by
President Harding for discussion of
possible agreements to establish more
stable financial and business condi
tions, and also to bring about a reduc
tion in land and new armaments was
proposed by Senator Borah, Republic
an. Idaho, in an amendment offered to
day to the pending naval appropriation
bill.
Mysterious Shooting
Investigated in Ckicago
CHICAGO. Dec. 21. An investiga
tion was under way today of a mys
terious shooting last night when a bul
let punctured the glass of a motor car
and grazed the cheek of Mrs. fcmu
Winton. wife of a prominent attorney
as they were driving to the Opera club
with two guests from New York, whose
names were withheld. As yet, the po
lice have been- unable to determine the
origin of the bullet and no one heard
the shot fired.
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Leading legal figures at the trial. Above, at left, State's Attorney Delos.Duty. At right, Circuit Judge D. T. Hart
well. Below, defendants' counsel, A. C. Lewis, left; Angus W. Kerr standing, and George R. Stone.
The gruesome details of how the mob at the Herrin mine riot shot down its victims along the road from the
mine to town and in the cemetery there are being told by eye witnesses to the shootings at the trial of five men
in connection with the massacre. The trial is being held at Marion, 111. States Attorney Delos Duty has active
charge of the prosecution. A. C. Lewis of Harrisburg, 111.; Angus W. Kerr of Springfield, and George It. Stone of
Marion are defending the miners accused. Circuit Judge D. T. Hartwell is presiding at the trial of the men.
GUERILLA WARFARE
BREAKS OUT IN ITALY;
21 ARE HURT BY BOMB
(By United Press)
. ROME, Dec. 21. Guerilla warfare,
similar to that in Ireland, broke out
between Fascisti and their opponents
in different parts of Italy today.
A bomb thrown Into a group of Fas
cisti at Treiste wounded 21 persons,
three seriously. A former Fascisti
leader was alleged to have hurled th5
explosive.
At Naples, groups of Fascist!- at
tacked a populist newspaper, the Bat
talgie Del Mezzogiorne, because of it3
anti-Fascisti attitude.. The office was
damaged. The Fascisti also attempted
to invade the Liberal Newspaper Gi
orne, which Is edited by Alatilde
Reraco.
GERMAN "WAR GUILT"
GASES ARE DROPPED
BY SUPREME COURT
By GUS M. OEHM
BERLIN, Dec. 21. The supreme
court of Leipzig in a secret session to
day dismissed 93 "war guilt" cases
tried in accordance with the Versail
les treaty.
Generals von Gallwitz, von Macken
sen, von Linsingen, von Buelow and von
Dickut and Prot. Goetz were among
those "tfhose cases were dropped. Many
witnesses were heard, but proceedings
were strictly private and allied repre
sentatives were not present." The
court declared the defendants had been
proven neither absolutely guilty nor
innocent of crime against the German
law.
Seven hundred and seventy-one
cases are nendine. The Germans on
trial include the former Crown Princel
Ruppreckt of Bavaria, accused of de
portations from northern France dur
ing the war; General von Manteuffal,
held responsible for the Louvain out
rages; the Duke of Vurtemberg who
ordered troops massacres at Mamur
and other famous officers.
The allies drew up a long list of
those considered guilty and required
the Germans themselves to try them.
GUARDS FRUSTRATE
ATTEMPT TO LOOT
WOOLNER DISTILLERY
(By Associated Press)
PEORIA, 111., Dec. 21. An attempt
to loot the Woolner Distillery, was
frustrated early today by guards who
fought off a gang of 10 men, after a
gunfight. An automobile and a truck
used by the raiders, aroused the suspic
ions of the guards. When the guards
asked the men their business the raid
ers opened fire, which was immediate'
ly returned. One man was seen to
stagger back as if hit. The bandits
fled in their car and truck. The Wool
ner distillery was recently looted of
thousands of gallons of bonded whisky
by thieves, who dug a tunnel 'to the
warehouse and drained the barrels by
means of a garden hose, syphon.
Police Capture 3 Bandits
Stealing Sacramental Wine
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Dec. 21 One. bandit was
wounded, two others were captured,
and one escaped during a battle with
police today when the latter encoun
tered the robbers when they were car
rying liquor from the quarters of a
sacramental wine and chemical firm
to a motor truck outside.
GRID HERO RECOVERING
(By Associated Press)
YPSILANTE, Mich., Dec. 21. Bern
ard Kirk, University of Michigan foot
ball star and all-American end. In
jured in a recent auto accident here,
was reported Lty physicians to be im
proving. For ayime last night it was
feared meningitis might develop, but
this condition hd disappeared today
Kirk's skull was fractured.
Passion Play Cast,
in Poverty, Decline
Movie Men's Offer
(By Associated Press)
LONDON Dec, 21. Time are hard
in Oberammergau as a consequence of
the mark's depreciation, but the Pas
sion play cast is enduring poverty
rather than sacrifice the traditions of
so many years by accepting the offers
of motion picture companies and theat
rical managers to give their play
abroad.
Burgomaster Wilhelm" Ritz in ap
pealing to English friends of the play
ers to buy their wood carvings as a
means of augmenting their income,
says in a letter published here, that
the parish.. after deducting expensed
has the equivalent of approximately
only 1,000 as its n-it return for the
Passion Play of 192?. The gross re-'
ceipts were 21,000,00" marks, equal to
2,3G0. In 1910, the play netted 1,500,-
000 marks, or 71,500.
The players have refused American
offers for the film rights of their play
which would have put them in posses
sion of more wealth than ever they
dreamed of owning. Theatrical pro
ducers have offered them tours abroad,
and have approached several individ
ual members of the cast with contiacts
for separate engagements, but all in
vam. The latest American offer is for
a tour of the actors in a biblical play
in which a few scenes from their own
production would be introduced. But
the villagers are content to follow
their only industry, wood caning
and proffer their products to the. pub
lic at very small prices.
C .W, STIVERS DIES
AT LIBERTY HOME;
EDITOR FOR 50 YEARS
LIBERTY, Ind., Dec. 21. C. W. Stiv
ers, 74 years old, for 50 years editor
of the Liberty Herald, died at mid
night Wednesday, after suffering with
influenza for two weeks.
Mr. Stivers perhaps was one of the
best known citizens of Union and ad
Joining counties, having come to Lib
erty when only 20 years old, and as
sumed the editorship of the Herald
upon his arrival. He continued to edit
the paper until about four years ago,
when he sold his interests to his son,
O. L. Stivers, who now controls the
publication.
Born in Illinois.
Born In Georgetown, 111., Mr. Stivers
was a citizen of Liberty from the time
of his coming 51 years ago, until thel
time of his death.
He Is survived by three children, O.
L. Stivers, of Liberty; Frank Stivers,
an attorney of Ann Arbor, Mich., and
Mrs. Fred Clark, of Los Angeles, Calif.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the Methodist church Sunday morn
ing at 10:30 o'clock, and will take the
place of the regular Sunday morning
service. Burial J ill be in West Point
cemetery, with the Rev. C. T. Edwards
of Frankliju officiating, assisted by
the Rev. S. L. Martin.
Sugar Company Votes
Dividend, Stock Increase
(By Associated Press)
HONOLULU, Dec. 21. The stock
holders of C. Brewer and company,
sugar factors and commission mer
chants, have voted to declare a stock
dividend of 100 per cent and to in
crease the capital stock from $4,000,
000 to $8,000,000. An estia dividend
for December of two per cent on th.
present capitalization also was voted,
making the total d;vidends for the
year seventeen per cent.
PREMIER LAW ILL
By United Press) j
LONDON, Dec. 21. Premier Bonarj
Law of Great Britain was reported to-!
day to have almost entirely lost thej
use of his voice as a result of a severe
cold. The prime minister's condition,:
however, is said to be "not alarming.'' !
REQUEST OF GERMANY
FOR U. S. COMMITTEE
ON DEBT STARTS TALK
CBy Associated Press)
LONDON, Dec. 21. The request
made by a German trade commission
that a committee of American business
men headed by Herbert Hoover visit
Gerany to undertake a thorough sur
vey of economic conditions that would
be used as the basis of a new repara
tions treaty, was seen here today as
perhaps the starting point of the flock
of rumors as to American intervention
in the reparations problem.
Great Britain, - it is : semi-officially
learned, has informed the American
state department of its consent to such
a plan. The British government's mes-
sage sent in response to an inquiry
SU Unsaid,
is expected to be followed by the as
sent of France, to which the American
government also communicated the
German suggestion.
Hughes Gets Matter
The proposal was made by a Ger
man commission headed by Chancellor
Cuno to the United States Chamber of
Commerce, which in turn is under
stood to have asked Secretary Hoover
to- present the plan at cabinet meet
ing. This was done and the matter
passed into . the hands of Secretary
Hughes.
The Germans propose that the
American commission determine the
extent of Germany's ability to pay and
assert they would agree to meet this
amount if France and Great Britain
approved of the plan. To this end
Secretary Hughes opened negotiations
with the London and Paris govern
ments.
Cincinnati Blaze
Causes $100,000 Loss
(By United Press)
CINCINNATI, Dec. 21 Fire which
destroyed two main buildings of the
Williamson Heater company, Oakley,
last night, caused damage of $100,000
it was estimated today. On fireman
was hurt Origin of the fire was not
determined.
Plane Making Long Distance
Flight Arrives in Brazil
( By Associitod Pressl
- NATAL, Brazil. Doc. 21 The sea
plane, Sampio CorrHa II, in which
Lieut. Walter Hintou and his compan
ions are attempting a flight from New
York to Rio De Janeiro, arrived here
at 12:50 p. m., from Aracaty.
Weather Forecast
FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY
By W. E. Mcore
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday
Warmer Friday.
The barometric pressure over the
United States indicates partly cloudy
and somewhat unsettled conditions
during the next 36 hours, although it
will be fair at intervals. Temperatures
will be higher Friday.-
Temperatures Taken Yesterday
At Pumping Station
Maximum 38
Minimum : " ' 13
Today
Noon 31
Weather Conditions The tempera
tures are now rising east of the Mis
sissippi river and continue mild west
of the Mississippi river. They range
from 50 to 60 degrees over the plain
slates and portions of the Rocky moun
tain states. It continues cold over
Lake Superior and portions around
Minnesota. Severely cold weather con
tinues to move slowly southward from
Alaska.
For Indiana (By the United States
Weather Bureau) Fair tonight and
Friday. Warmer tonight and east por
tion Friday.
Paid Circulation
Yesterday, was
12,206
(By United Press)
LONDON, Dec. 21. Turkey expects
the United States to sign a private
treaty with the Angora government
regarding freedom of the straits, ac
cording to an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Lausanne today.
. There is good grounds for belief
that if America will not sign a pri
vate treaty with the Kemalists as a
result of the Lausanne meetings, at
which Ambassador Child has partici
pated, the Turks will not consent to
be bound in any way to the regimes
proposed by European nations, the
Exchange correspondent cabled.
According to this correspondent,
Ambassador Child will proceed at the
earliest possible moment to arrange a
convention all the United States own
with the Kemalists. Childs, he states,
already has discussed the proposition
with Ismet Pasha and covered the
question of the rights of American
ships in time of war and of peace to
pass through the Straits of the Dar
danelles and Bosphorus.
"This would put America In a privi
leged position similar to that already
enjoyed by the United States through
its -separate treaty with Germany,''
the newspaper comments.
Two Girls, Four Boys
Will Enjoy Christmas
in New Found Homes
Six children, two girls and four boys
will have a happy Christmas in new
and permanent homes with private
families as the result of the work of
the board of children's guardians, Miss
Nora Holthouse, agent for the board,
announced Thursday.
An effort has been made to secure
homes for deserving homeless children
in order that the children might enjoy
Christmas in good homes. There are
a few girls and a few boys "who still
are homeless, said Miss Holthouse, and
the board is very anxious to secure
places for them.
The six children mentioned have
been placed in homes only within the
last week and the board has placed a
number of children prior to that time.
A home for another boy is in prospect
but is not assured. Other families are
otierea the opportunity to provide a
home for some boy or girl.
Four of the children who have been
given homes in this vicinity are from
White's institute at Wabash while two
come from the Home of the Friendless,
All of them are Wayne county children.
CLEARING COMMITTEE
CHRISTMAS FUNDS
AGGREGATE $1,348.92
The sum of $1,34S.92 was In the
treasury of the Christmas clearing
committee at noon Thursday. The
Elks club, with a donation of $200
from its Christmas fund, and $100
from the Knight3 of Columbus, were
the large contributions of the day.
The Pennsylvania car repair forces
sent $78.26 to swell the fund which 13
to supply cheer and happiness In
many homes over the Christmas holi
days. A number of Individual gifts' also
were listed during the day.
The contributions follow:
Elks club .$ 200.00
Knights of Columbus 100.00
Mrs. Frank Shirk
A Friend
Emily and Elizabeth Jenkins
Pennsy Car Repair Forces. . .
Pennsy Ticket Office
Anonymous
Mrs. Henry Goldfinger
S. S. Kresge Co
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Foulke...
Virginia Asher Business Wo
men's Council
C. R. Schultz. Whitewater...
A Friend"
5.00
2.00
1.00
7S.2G
5.00
5.00
10.00
5.00
20.00
S.Oj
1.00
2.00
A Friend
A Friend
A Farmer
A Friend
F. M. Neff
Previously acknowledged ....
1.00
1
c n.)
. 897.61
.$1,348.92
Total
NINE MEN ARE KILLED
WHEN SHIP FOUNDERS
(By Associated Press)
ST. NAZAIRE, France. Dec. 21.
The coasting steamer Vintilis foun
dered early today with the loss of nine
men of the crew after 'having beeu
rammed and cut in two by the Nor
wegian freighter. Asturias off St.
Nazaire shortly before midnight.
The Vintilis, plying between Nantes
and Relle Isla, had just cleared the
outer harbor when she collided with
the Norwegian vessel, which was in
distress, floundering the heavy sea
and trying to make St. Nazaire in the
face of a terrific gale.
The captain and chief engineer of
the French steamer succeeded in
swimming ashore, but the entire crew
of nine men, all married and the fa
thers of families, went down with
their craft.
The severe storm of the last three
days showred signs of abating thi
morning. A
Ambassador George Harvey
Ambassador George Harvey, U. S
envoy to England, is preparing to re
turn at the request of President Hard
ing. It is believed that Harding is
seeking first-hand- information on con
ditions in Europe.
MANY INCIDENTS IN
CLEMENCEAU'S TOUR
MADE HIM CHUCKLE
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Former
Premier Clemenceau's American visit
added $20,000 to the American Field
Service Fund Fellowships, Stephen
Bonsai, who managed the tour, an
nounced today. The amount is the
surplus of money received from lec
tures and newspaper articles by the
Tiger after defraying the expenses of
his trip, r
The wartime premier. It was ex
plained, wa3 unwilling to accept finan
cial assistance for hLs mission and his
own means were inadequate eo he ac
cepted lecture and writing contracts to
pay his way. He expressed the desire
that any surplus be devoted, in mem
ory of his student years in the United
States to the Fellowships which are
intended among other things to stim
ulate friendship between France and
America through the' education in each
country of young men from the other.
Presentment of Death
The Tiger's arrival In France re
called a presentment he had voiced
that he would die in this country.
M. Bonsai, observing his happiness up
on the completion o? his second ad
dress at Chicago, his last formal en
gagement before sailing for home,
questioned him as to his emotion and
M. Clemenceau, telling of his present
ment in France that death would over
take him in the United States ex
plained: "I was afraid if that wera
so that I should not be able to finish
my task here. But ft is ended now,
and I don't care two pins."
Comments by many of his auditors
on his command of the English lan
guage, M. 'Bonsai related caused "the
Tiger" to remark that if he had re
mained in this country six weeks long
er during his exile in the sixties, he
might have become an American citi
zen, since at that time it was not
necessary to file first papers but mere
ly to apply for citizenship after a cer
tain period of residence.
Made Tiger Chuckle
M. Clemenceau's American tour was1
replete with incidents -which touched'
his sense of humor. According to M.
Bonsai, he was not offended by con
gressional, political or newspaper at
tacks but enjoyed them and' welcomed
them as giving him an opportunity to
make replies. The only incident he
regretted, his manager said, was what
he characterized as- the desecration
of the tomb of Lincoln during his pil
grimage of reverence there when pho
tographers created disturbance with
shouts and flash light explosions. The
fumes choked him and he was forced
to hasten to the open air.
"Some of his reception parties" also
provided "the "tiger" with a chuckle,
M. Bonsai sajd, since officials who he
thought should have been busy with
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Throwing Snowballs May
Cost Ohio Boy His Life
(By United Press)
CLEVELAND, Dec, 21. Throwing
snowballs at a train probably will cost
1.0o!Frank Medvesh his life. The boy and
1.01 : several friends showered a freight
on'11"311 with snowballs last night when
j it passed near Medvesh's home. Three
shots were fired from the caboose or
the train, the boys say, two of which
struck Medvesh. Physicians say he
will not recover.
School Girl Is Found
Guilty of Manslaughter
(By Associated Press)
AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 21. Daisy Pitts,
16, Cuyahoga Falls school girl, toda;.'
pleaded guilty to manslaughter in con
nection with the killing last August of
Tony Marcella, her suitor, at her home.
On the witness stand yesterday Miss
Pitts said "she shot Marcella because
he had threatened her lifev Miss Pitt3
was given a suspended sentence to thi
Ohio reformatory at Marysville, and
will return to school.
i
Panaman Women to Get
Political Liberty By Bill
(By Associated Press)
PANAMA CITY, Dec. 21. A bill
urging the political emancipation of
Panama's women has been introduced
in the National assembly. Mrs. E. N.
DeCalvo, who represented Panama at
the recent women's conference in Bal
timore, has issued , a call urging all
members of her sex in the country to
unite in supporting the measure.
(By Associated Press)
MARION, 111., Dec. 21 The nam?
of Hugh Willis, member of the Illinois
Mine Workers' executive board, wa.4
brought into the testimony today in
the trial of five men charged with
murder in connection with the Herria
riots, by two state witnesses. Under
cross examination, however, both wit
nesses said they would not be positive
in their identification.
A. W. Steel, foreman of the electric
power house, near the barbed wire,
where 14 bodies were found after the
non-union miners hnd been marched
from the Lester strip mine the morn
ing of June 22, was the first witness
at the morning session. He said he
observed a crowd near the power
house between 6:45 and 7 a. m., and
then saw two men, one of whom ho
believed was Hugh Willis, drive up
in an automobile.
Heard Many Shots
The witness said Ue crowd, after
waiting about 20 minutes went to th
edge of the woods and he heard sev
eral hundred shots. Later, he added,
he went to the woods and found the
bodies. He said he could not recog
nize anyone in the crowd and said he
had not seen any of them since.
The prosecution hoped to complete
presentation of its direct testimony at
today's session.
Four survivors of the riots testified
for the state yesterday, telling of the
attack on the mine and the shooting
of 20 men that followed their surren
der. Cross-examination of the four sur
vivors was brief and mainly directed
toward bringing out that the four were
employed to guard the mine by a Chi
cago private detective agency which
received $2 a day for each of the 31
men supplied to protect the non-union
miners. - ,
To Adjourn Friday
Judge D. T. Hartwell said there
would be no court sessions Saturday
and that adjournment would be taken
Friday afternoon until January 2.
When court reconvenes after the hol
iday recess the defense is expected to
start the introduction of testimony de
signed to prove alibl3 for all of the ac
cused. SOUTH GETS TASTE-
OF WINTER WEATHER
(By Associated Press)
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 21. The south
today was in the grip of its first cold
seige of the winter. Miami and points
on the Florida peninsula however, con
tinued to be bathed in sunshine with
average temperatures of 70.
Virginia, North Carolina and South
Carolina were reported covered with
ice from 6leet storms yesterday. Geor
gia shivered yesterday and then be
came soaked with rnin.
Arkansas experienced weather four
degrees below freezing during Wednes
day with warmr and rain slated for
today. Alabama, Louisiana and Ten-,
nessee were offered partly cloudy and
cooler weather today The low tem
perature at Memphis yesterday was
30 degrees while New Orleans had a
better temperature at 48 degrees, ris
'ng 11 dgrees during the night.
Birmingham reported 43 degrees
last night.
For the northern section of Florida
cooler weather was recast today. Mi
ami sweltered yesterday with 82. Dur
ing the night 70 degrees was
registered.
CIVIL WAR VETERAN
TO RECEIVE PAROLE
(By Associated Press)
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 21. Harry
Romine, a Civil war veteran, who is
serving a life sentence in the Indiana
state prison, following his conviction
on a charge of murder, will get a
Christmas parole, Governor McCray
announced today. The veteran will
have 10 days, during the Christmas
season, in which to visit his home in
Jennings county, because of his "splen
did fighting record in the Civil war,"
the governor said.
This is the second Christmas parole
granted Romine, as he enjoyed the
same privilege a year ago. He also
has been allowed to leave the prison
twice to attend annual encampments,
of the G. A. R. held here. On all oc
casions he has returned to the prison
before the time set for the expiration
of his freedom. Romine was sent
enced in 1918.
RORBERS WHO LOOTED
INDIANA BANK VANISH
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Dec. 21 Three robbers,
one of them garbed as a woman, wh.i
took $5,000 from th-3 First National
bank of Dyer, Ind., yesterday, had van
ished today as completely as did the
bandits who took $12 500 in a holdup
at the same bank a year ago. The
same men are believed to have com
mitted both robberies.
William Gettler, bookkeeper, be
lieved he recognized the gruff voice
of the- veiled masquerader as that of
one of the bandits who robbed the
bank in October, 1921. The woman
pointed a revolver at Gettler, while the
others gathered up $3,000 in currency.
Gettler's burglar alarm brought citi
zens to the streets with guns, ani
John Keilman, grocer shot the psaedo
woman bandit, who was pulled into
the bandits' auto as it sped westward.